Stepping into the 21st-century fourth industrial revolution has set its foot in all spheres of our life as well as bridged the physical and digital worlds including changing the place where human beings preserve the enormous amount of
knowledge
from
books
to the
internet
. Personally, I believe the upsides of
this
trend outweigh the downsides.
On the one hand, the benefits ebooks bring to us are undeniable that results in an ever-increase in
people
preferring online
books
.
First
and foremost, in
this
busy world, everything needs to be
time
-saving and using the
internet
costs extremely less
time
than reading
books
. To illustrate in the past, students had to spend
time
visiting several shops to purchase
books
while now a click which takes just a few seconds can literally solve all their problems.
This
is why using the
internet
has long been regarded as the most convenient way to approach comprehension regardless of
time
or accommodation.
Consequently
,
people
can easily search for everything every
time
and every place.
Also
, e-
books
are absolutely more eco-friendly than traditional paper
books
which caused deforestation and induce a higher level of pollution all over the world.
Furthermore
,
people
can access almost everything online on free websites which can save a great amount of money but still fulfil their requirements
such
as Wikipedia - the biggest storage of
knowledge
kept online.
This
way can reduce pressure on busy
people
such
as students or businessmen who need to do research nearly every day.
On the other hand
, admittedly, storing
knowledge
on the
internet
also
has some drawbacks.
First
of all, constantly using digital devices
such
as laptops or smartphones is likely to cause several physical problems
such
as eye strain and backache.
Moreover
,
people
, especially young children, can get short-sighted due to hours looking at screens. It has been proved that electromagnetic waves from phones or computers can harm our brain badly and lead to memory loss. It is
also
notable that the nonstop growth in the number of free
books
or documentaries would result in pirating. As a matter of fact,
this
phenomenon has destroyed the likelihood of many potential authors and it is not easy to handle plagiarism.
In conclusion, I think those aforementioned disadvantages can be controlled with the help of the government and
people
themselves to put a limit on the usage of the
Internet
. On balance, I reckon that storing
knowledge
online would be given precedence over paper
books
owing to their numerous merits.